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What my son loves more than anything is taking things out of containers and putting things back in. So literally any container, and things that fit in said container.

One he loves is an old ice-cream container that I cut a hole in the top and putting coins in the hole - it's obviously a feat of concentration for him to fit the coins in the hole (it's like a money box sized hole) and he can focus on it for ages. Obviously because of the coins and him potentially trying to eat them this activity requires significant supervision. Any other toys are mostly used in the same way though - general toys he likes to put in and out of toy box, bricks and blocks he likes to take in and out of whatever box they belong in, shapes from the shape sorter he likes to take in and out.

Apart from removing and replacing objects in containers the other thing he loves (but less than he used to I think) is balls, throwing them around, carrying as many as he can at one time, kicking them, chasing them etc.

The third thing he loves is to "label" things. Anything that he knows the name of he loves - he will shout out the name of anything he sees so excitedly, grass, cars, bears, hair bands - you name it. And he loves to go in the garden, if I let him out in the garden and watch from the window I hear him going "Grass! Grass! GRASS! LEEEAAAAVES! Fower! LEAAAAAVES! Bike! Bike! CHAIRRRR!" etc so funny.

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